Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees were one of the earliest super groups formed to resurrect several waning careers. The hype and success was short lived however, and like so many bands in the early 90s they just faded away but not without having created some outstanding material.
Current Members (Edit)
- Jack Blades – vocals and bass
- Ted Nugent – guitar and vocals
- Tommy Shaw – guitar and vocals
- Michael Cartellone – drums
Albums (Edit)
- Damn Yankees (1990)
- Don’t Tread (1992)
- The Essentials (2002)
- High Enough & Other Hits (2003)
Live Albums (Edit)
Intro (Edit)
An unlikely mish-mash of personalities, the Damn Yankees super group managed to resurrect several waning careers. The hype and success was short lived however, and like so many bands in the early 90s they just faded away.
Los Angeles, California was where Damn Yankees was put together by Styx’s Tommy Shaw (guitar/vocals), the Motor City Madman Ted Nugent (guitar/vocals), Night Ranger’s Jack Blades (bass/vocals) and drummer Michael Cartellone. With the name recognition of the members, the debut album managed to work its way to #13 on the Billboard charts while selling over two million copies. Singles “Coming Of Age” and “Come Again” would chart, but it was the power balled “High Enough” (which peaked at #3) which propelled the band.
History (Edit)
The follow-up Don’t Tread spawned the hit singles “Where You Goin’ Now” and “Silence Is Broken”, but album sales failed miserably compared to the debut. In 1993 Damn Yankees realized that they were commercially unviable in a changing musical state and disbanded, with members returning to their previous careers.
In 2000 Damn Yankees reformed to work on a new album with Brother Cane’s Damon Johnson and Night Ranger’s Kelly Keagy replacing Shaw and Cartellone respectively. As worked progressed both Shaw and Cartellone would return to the band and the album recording was wrapped up. However the band was horrified with the final mix of the album and it remains unreleased to this very day.
Keagy returned to Night Ranger and Cartellone became the drummer for southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Update (Edit)
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September 12th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
best live act ever existed?end of story!!!=)
September 19th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Already seen Damn Yankees play live 12 times and could easily make it 13 if hotrod would come along with me LOL!
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September 25th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
have thier first album,havent listened for years but after reading this think Ill pull it out and give a listen.Always loved the Damn Yankees!
October 2nd, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Heyy i love Damn Yankees soo much? where can i find a cardboard cutout of them?????? ??
October 10th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Already seen Damn Yankees play live 12 times and could easily make it 13 if pipsydarling would come along with me LOL!
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October 16th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Wow!
October 25th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Can anyone remember who produced their debut album? I used to know but can’t think of who it was right now
October 30th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
One good album. The rest were uplayable but the bio sure reads well
November 6th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Love them! They kick serious ass m/
November 14th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Damn Yankees has the best songs and video’s
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November 21st, 2010 at 11:54 pm
One of briandrankin favorites
November 28th, 2010 at 1:16 am
Damn Yankees is the best hard rock band off all time!!!!! I love them since I was little kid, and I love them today. Simply forever
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December 6th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
best band in the world.
December 13th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Damn Yankees kick major ass !!
December 20th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Just because I love glam doesn’t mean that I love ALL the bands. Damn Yankees are an example of a band that I can’t stand and I know at least that stefdot doesn’t like them either
December 27th, 2010 at 10:10 am
There were lots of glam bands that we in it for the look and the babes. With Damn Yankees, the music always came first
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:24 am
My ex loved Damn Yankees and I did too, probably because the ex did. Don’t really care much for them now
January 9th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Someone gimme $2000. I wanna get them to play at my party. I’ll pay travel!!!!!! jodie you’re invited but your friends can’t come!!!!!
January 17th, 2011 at 4:32 am
Damn Yankees rules, I love Damn Yankees, and the band shows perfect!!! <3
January 24th, 2011 at 5:25 am
Damn Yankees put out REAL rock N roll!
February 6th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Very cool motherfuckers … rock on Damn Yankees!
February 15th, 2011 at 2:32 am
KICK ASS!!
February 21st, 2011 at 1:07 pm
I’d let all the members of Damn Yankees do me..twice if they wanted to
February 28th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
One of the Best Live Bands EVER! Come back to Raleigh!
March 7th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
AWESOME band?one of the BEST EVER!!!!!
April 2nd, 2011 at 11:04 pm
wtf are these pussies doing amongst such esteemed company?
April 10th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Already seen Damn Yankees play live 12 times and could easily make it 13 if squid would come along with me LOL!
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April 16th, 2011 at 10:04 am
Damn Yankees was the best!!!!!
April 23rd, 2011 at 4:02 am
My fave band of all time! m/(??^)m/
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April 30th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Damn Yankees rules live. Even if it is the new line-up..they are still awesome!!
May 7th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
hahaha what memories, i used to drum along to Damn Yankees when i was like 12 yers old
May 15th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
WTF, I just can’t see why anyone would like Damn Yankees. They suck ass….
August 11th, 2011 at 8:16 am
its cool band
September 1st, 2011 at 11:59 am
Loved the band a mix of great 80’s rockers made a great band, and had awesome tunes!!!!!!